Lieko Shiga: Blind Date — Exhibition

This is a set of three catalogs.
It corresponds to the exhibition Lieko Shiga: Blind Date held from June 10 to September 3 2017.

Lieko Shiga continues to explore the images that arise at the intersection between herself and society through photography. Born in Aichi Prefecture in 1980, she has been based in Miyagi Prefecture since 2008, where she carries out her creative activities. This exhibition begins with her 2009 series Blind Date, which features couples in Bangkok, and unfolds reflections and narratives around themes such as mourning, the origins of humanity, large-scale capital, and death.

In addition to photographic prints, the exhibition includes an installation composed of about 20 slide projectors. The flickering of the projectors in the space metaphorically represents life, darkness and light — opposites that coexist simultaneously in this world.
What is invisible to our naked eye? Shiga relies on photography to capture precisely that realm, establishing a photographic space that stays close to human life and observes society with the utmost honesty.
— From the exhibition introduction

『 Text 』 
Language : Japanese and English (bilingual)
Pages : 96 pages
Dimensions : 24.5m× 17.8 cm

Contents

• Blind Date
• Mourning
• The Ghost
• The Reality
• A Song
• Blind Date: Images that Come from Another Place

Text: Lieko Shiga, Katsura Kunieda
Photographs: Lieko Shiga
Translation: Futoshi Miyagi, Ben Davis
English Proofreading: Ashley Rollings
Editors: Chinatsu Shimizu, Katsura Kunieda, Tomoki Matsumoto
Design: Daishiro Mori

『 Talk and Workshop 』
Pages : 104 pages
Dimensions : 23.8m× 17.5 cm

Contents

• Talk 1 Talk about I , Mikio Igarashi × Lieko Shiga
• Talk 2 Talk about Intended Consequences: Rwandan Children Born of Rape, Mariko Takeuchi × Lieko Shiga
• Workshop Stone Picking
• Talk 3 Talk about THE BIG ISSUE JAPAN, Tomomi Tsuchida × Lieko Shiga
• Talk 4 Talk about Can You Live with Rare Creatures? Norimizu Ameya × Lieko Shiga

Text: Lieko Shiga
Talk Guests: Mikio Igarashi, Mariko Takeuchi, Tomomi Tsuchida, Norimizu Ameya
Editors: Chinatsu Shimizu, Katsura Kunieda, Tomoki Matsumoto
Design: Daishiro Mori

『 INSIDEOUT 』
Pages : 96 pages
Dimensions : 18.2m× 25.8cm

Includes exhibition scenes and outtakes photographed by Lieko Shiga herself
Photographs: Lieko Shiga
Design: Daishiro Mori
Editorial Cooperation: Katsura Kunieda
Publisher: Tomoki Matsumoto
Published by: T&M Projects
Printed by: Daishinsha Inc. First Edition 31 March, 2018